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        <a id="gnome-session" name="gnome-session"></a>gnome-session-3.34.2
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        <h2 class="sect2">
          Introduction to GNOME Session
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          The <span class="application">GNOME Session</span> package contains
          the <span class="application">GNOME</span> session manager.
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          This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.1
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          Package Information
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              <p>
                Download (HTTP): <a class="ulink" href=
                "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-session/3.34/gnome-session-3.34.2.tar.xz">
                http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-session/3.34/gnome-session-3.34.2.tar.xz</a>
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                Download (FTP): <a class="ulink" href=
                "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-session/3.34/gnome-session-3.34.2.tar.xz">
                ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-session/3.34/gnome-session-3.34.2.tar.xz</a>
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                Download MD5 sum: 38dcdb844a0349cc2fb10998095543e4
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                Download size: 464 KB
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                Estimated disk space required: 16 MB
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                Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU
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          GNOME Session Dependencies
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          Required
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          <a class="xref" href="../general/dbus-glib.html" title=
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          "UPower-0.99.11">UPower-0.99.11</a>
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          Optional
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          <a class="xref" href="GConf.html" title=
          "GConf-3.2.6">GConf-3.2.6</a>, <a class="xref" href=
          "../pst/xmlto.html" title="xmlto-0.0.28">xmlto-0.0.28</a>, and
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          User Notes: <a class="ulink" href=
          "http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-session">http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-session</a>
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          Installation of GNOME Session
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          When running Gnome under <a class="xref" href=
          "../general/wayland.html" title=
          "Wayland-1.18.0">Wayland-1.18.0</a>, environment settings are not
          imported for the user using the system profile. The Wayland
          developers are currently undecided on a standard method to provide
          system environment settings for user sessions. To work around this
          limitation, execute the following command to make <span class=
          "command"><strong>gnome-session</strong></span> use a login shell:
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<kbd class=
"command">sed 's@/bin/sh@/bin/sh -l@' -i gnome-session/gnome-session.in</kbd>
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        <p>
          Install <span class="application">GNOME Session</span> by running
          the following commands:
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<kbd class="command">mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=/usr           \
      -Dsystemd_journal=false \
      .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</kbd>
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          This package does not come with a test suite.
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          Now, as the <code class="systemitem">root</code> user:
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<kbd class="command">ninja install</kbd>
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          Contents
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Programs:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">gnome-session,
              gnome-session-custom-session, gnome-session-inhibit, and
              gnome-session-quit</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Libraries:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">None</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Directories:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">/usr/share/doc/gnome-session-3.34.2 and
              /usr/share/gnome-session</span>
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            Short Descriptions
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                  <p>
                    <a id="gnome-session-prog" name=
                    "gnome-session-prog"></a><span class="term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>gnome-session</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
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                  <p>
                    is used to start up the <span class=
                    "application">GNOME</span> Desktop environment.
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                    <a id="gnome-session-inhibit" name=
                    "gnome-session-inhibit"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>gnome-session-inhibit</strong></span></span>
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                  <p>
                    is used to inhibit certain <span class=
                    "application">GNOME</span> Session functionality while
                    executing the given command.
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                  <p>
                    <a id="gnome-session-quit" name=
                    "gnome-session-quit"></a><span class="term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>gnome-session-quit</strong></span></span>
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                  <p>
                    is used to end the <span class="application">GNOME</span>
                    Session.
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        Last updated on 2020-02-27 00:00:52 -0600
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